Tenerife in October
Around 24 °C by day, sea 23.9 °C. Warm enough to swim. Quieter than the peak: 2 of 3.
October is almost the island's best month for water: 23.9 °C against September's 24.1 °C, with half the people. Air at 24 °C. The ocean warms more slowly than the land and gives the heat back later, so the calm season in the Canaries falls not in September, as on the mainland, but in October.
And there are few people: load is 2 out of 3 — the summer visitors have gone and the winterers have not arrived. It is a window between two seasons about a month long, and for warm sea plus empty beaches, October on Tenerife is the best point on the whole Spanish coast.
Towns nearby in October
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 24 | 23.9 | 2/5 | 5/5 | 2 100 |
| Puerto de la Cruz | 22.5 | 23.9 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 200 |
| Adeje / Costa Adeje | 25 | 23.9 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3 400 |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 estimate: are places open, does transport run, is anyone about between November and March. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 32 rainy days a year, 66% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.